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E COURT of DIRECTORS of the EAST INDIA COMPANY do hereby give notice, .That a SPECIAL GENERAL COURT of the said Company I held at t h e i r House in Leadenhall-street on FRIDAY next., 1 ?e 6th instant, at eleven o'clock in the forenoon, at the desire of Proprista a7recably to the following letter, viz. : 10 the HoronraLle the Court of Directors of the East India -/ •,. 3~ ^„ .~ Company. TIO NOIIRAIII.F. SIRS, duly We th e undersigned Prloprictors of East India Stock, being C') t rialified, req ues t you w ill b e p l ease d to ca ll at your earl i est to a S pec i a l G eneral Court of the East India Company, t take into consideration the propriety of petitioning the Honourable th e Commons House of Pluliament for the equalization of the Duty on East and West India. Sugar. " We have the honour to be, Honourable Sirs, Your obedient servants, THOMAS WEEDING, CHARLES FORBF:S, JOHN LOCKE, E. FLETCHER, JAMES MACKENZIE, HENRY ROWLES, • JOHN DEANS CAMPBELL, J. SHORE, R. DURANT." JAMES C. IIELVILLE, Secretary. ____Londoti, April 28, 1836. C:TARIOT to be SOLD, as good as new, havin; been but little used ; has a ramble, imperial, cep case, an, ", requisite for a complete carriage for either town or posting. may be seen at 43, Crawford-street, Portman-Nuare. TUITION• AT HOME. A GENTLEMAN would be happy to attent One or Two PUPILS at their own house, and instruct them in the Classics and General Literature. Letters, post , d, to be directed for D. D., Mr. Straker's ; B ookseller, 44.3, West Strand, London. GENE - R. A L STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY. Incorporated by Act of Parliament. 69, Lombard-street. u si Ts Lcitic_eis.liereby given, that a SPECIAL GENERAL MEET on of the Proprietors of this Company will be held at this Office, „, "qnstisx, the 26th instant, at One precisely. CHARLES BESSELL, Secretary. sieneral Steam Navigation Company's Office, 69, Lombard-street, May 5, 1836. LONDON AND GREENWICH WAY. s The COMPANY'S CARRIAGES "START every half hour trorll DEPTFORD and BERMONDSEY, from Eight i n th e 4 °rning to Seven in the evening, until further notice. GEORGE WALTER, Resident Director. N.B. Conveyances aro always in readiness for passengers from D eptford to Charleton, and Woolwich, and from .Bermondsey to 411 y part of town. RAIL STEAM TO HULL. In 20 to 24 hours. Alteration of Time of leaving LONDON. Take Passengers for LEITH an NEWCASTLE. THE Ma g nificent New Steam Ships VIVID and WATER WITCH start from alongside London Bridge teatu Packet Wharf every WEDNESDAY and SATURDAY Mornings at Eight o'Clock. these vessels performed their last trips to Hull in 23 hours. Passengers for Leeds arrive there (a distance of 350 miles) in .2 8 hours from London Bridge. Fares to Hull :—Best Cabio, 10s. ; Fore Cabin, 4s. The STRAENSHALH St eamer p li es between Hull and New castle. Fares :—Best Cabin, 9s. Steamers leave Hull for Leith every TUESDAY and WEDNESDAY. Fares :—Best Cabin, 1/. ss:; Fore Cabin, 12s. 6d. Every information relative to the Fares from Hull by Coaches 41 Id Steam, to all the principal towns in Yorkshire, Lincolnshire, 4 ind neighbouring Counties, to be had at the Company's Deot, Fresh Wharf, London Bridge; Mr. Underwood, 56, Haymarke p t ; or Messrs. Griffin and Hillhouse, Beal's Wharf. To THE EDITOR OF THE INVERNESS COURIER. Sin nAVING been informed that Mackintosh has re quested to be addressed in future as Chief of the Clan Chatta n , I have been called upon by some o f m y Clan, and advised to state (for the information of those who are not conversant with the history of the Clan) that I am the Lineal Descendant in the Male Line of the Chiefs of the Clan Chattan, and consequently oln the Chief. I beg further to add, that I do not intend - to enter into any newspaper controversy, in consequence of this an nuuncement.—l have the honour to be Sir, Your obedient Servant, EWEN MACPHERSON, Chief of the Clan Chattan. Cluny Castle, 14th March, 1836. TO THE EDITOR OF THE INVERNESS COURIER. Moy Hall, 30th March, 1836. your paper of the 16th current, I rea d a l etter I of Mr. Mac..herson, of Cluny, " a Cadent of the Mackintosh," , ettin g forth his lineal pretensions and assumed right to the title of " Chief ef Clan Chattan." In common with every person at all versant in matters of feudal times, this vaunting and emptyassump tion must carry with it no more weight or credit than the time oc cupied in reading it. Cluny sets out by stating that he understands I have requested those persons who address me, to affix the title of " Chief o f Cl an Chattan." This is rather strange, as I have never made any such request ; and I aow aver most distinctly that such a piece of vanity never entered my mind. I itm aware of the annoyance it affords to some of Cluny's C'an, my continuing the title in ctsmmen with my ancestors, since 1291. The Macphersons, by several acts, have acknowledged Mackin tosh as the Chief of Clan Chattan ; added to this, the confirmatory acts of numerous gentlemen, somewhat more versant than the sa pient advisers of Cluny, have always acknowledged "Mackintosh" the undoubted Chief of Clan Chattan." Air. Macpherson of Cluny's letter is admirable f or it s b rev it y an d suddenness of assumption of the title, which he is as little able to rvport by either legendiary, historical, or private individual know e7,, as any questionable matter that ever appeared in the columns °' a newspap er . I as k Cl un y w h en , s i nce 1291 , h e h as seen or known the Mackintosh, or any one of the 16 tribes comprising the Clan Chattan, acknowledge the Chief of the Macphersons as their undoubted Chief ? Have the goodness to give insertion to a transcript of the follow mg document ; it is authentic, and may be read by Cluny and 3° Tne of his Clan," with a relish for a more perfect knowledge of title they at present seem ignorant of Aln I, Sir Charles Araskineof Cambo, K n i g ht B arone t, L or d L yon g of Armes, haveing perused and seen sufficient evidents and testimonies from our histories, my own Registers and bonds 131. nianrent, doe hereby declare that I find the Laird Of M'lntosh to be the only undoubted Chieff of the name of M'lntosh, and to be kbe Chieff of the Clan Chattane, com p re h en di ng th e M‘Phersons, I`Killivrays, Farquharsones, Al‘Quins, M‘Faills, M'Kaines, and faker s ; an that I have given an d w ill give none of any of these armes but as cadents of th e L air d o f APlntosh's familie, 7 ,„ 1 )!e predieessor maried the ha re t r i x o f t h e Cl an Ch at t an i n anno a vi• And that in particular I d ec l are that I have given Duncan 'Pherso n of Clunie a coat of armes as a cadent of the forsaid rn t i lie ; and th a t t hi s may rema i ne to poster i t i e, and may be knower 0 all concerned, whether of the forsaide names or others, I have I n!bscrib e d thir presents with my hand at Edinburgh, the tenth day 4111 ° Septemb er , O ne t h ousand, s i x hundred, and serentie two years, have caused append my seal of office thereto. " CH. ARASKINE, Lyon." ?I hope the abov e w ill sa ti s f y Cl uny an d " some o f hi s c l an, " who Pear so restless a n d d es i rous o f di s t ur bi ng t h at cor di a li ty wh i ch tter knowledge of the matter might. continue. I am, Sir, your most obedient and humble servant, ALEXANDER MACKINTOSH, The veritable and acknowledged Chief of Clan Chattan. 30, STRAND. LOVE IN A BLACKING BOTTLE. " Why are you wand'ring here, I pray ?" An old man ask'd a maid, one day, Said she, " Of brilliant liquid jet A bottle I am sent to get." " He, fie !" was the old man's cry ; " For Liquid let, no doubt, you know :To Robert Warren's you must go." "Tell me again," the old man said, • • " Why are you wand'ring her. 2 fair maid ?" Said she, " I've rambled all about ; No Warren's Jet can I find out." " Fie, fie!" was the old man's cry; " There's not a rinid in all the land But knows the way to 30, Strand." • The secret beam'd from the maiden's eye When Dick eAme thro' urnsti'e, fiard y; (Cite youth her virgin heart had won) ; His hoots in Warren's splendour shone. " Fie. tie!" was the old man's cry; " Blacking like this, I own, is rare, vV~ri P as • • But of p lished art bewa: c Ak K • and Brilliant Blacking prepare I by ROBERT .1%., Strand, London ; and sold in every Town in the Unit:d " nottles, and Paste Blacking, in Pots, at rd., 12d.,each. Ntite rne. Particular to inquire for Warren's, 3:4 Strand ; othm's arc Kairon gnothi—Fugit hors. . A belief in the existence of the fountain of youth, ts..ft,„ - from which those who bathed its its waters gained a pristine ei, -, , vra. a , V..er, ~,......, nong the spectilations of the 15th century ; it w, how i.os, 5 ; 1 ` ,.. .1 ,: . no in apt type of . the letl‘rfyinrowers of art and medicine. imagination, have sought fatally to 4!'.teii.,,tna.rly victim; to a morbid I ; s7 it: ,-. purposes!! nature, and have consequently lapsed into a r.,, ! , no i r e. orings with it weakened capabilities' and clouded hopes, may r.4_po to ossional treatme . nt, i r i t gain those first, noblest, 'ortt ' t Powers that hi v e been comproon-e, i . y the criminal propensi_ l'hati guilty solitu 1 the roress of which is mat ked try the " lym_ spathes sTvoenit.t.l.of l' c liny, at t en d ed tll exultation ' in referring to our d . a• t ly with built weakness and mental ^Ur earndence lit i h d a a, l e ef a „l n a a n u d n convalescent Ztar, bit e-nintry, but diffused over the whole world. For tw o e vet; mi.. patients, not con n fi t n r tf iv o e toP n tlY 2,4,LeUr L and i r e in cases of Nervous Debilffy is t h -ur Par,e•-,sful, and we have hitherto resisted . the ear . n . cs t t he ) t r ilicitatiou s following, w t, ty,,.. rn l B to publish their cases in a public address. j t e hay,',.."aa been so urgently pressed upon us try a med i cal friend, that ' s eine- - 'eldest toan importunity sufficiently excusable b y the gratitude 13..,7 ,..., : , Ala Ila r s'n,---14v fondest hopes arc realized! Accept my most gratitude. , 4 ,! 4 , y .7ks; words are inadequate to express my unbotinth:d r h e ht 4 . ', 1 4 7 mg live to reap the rich reward of your 1 ,bours in . thet e tt a u t i ,., at class of disc ses which have hitherto baffled the skill of y .. N 4. br e , hrt ,, i ••• . Tli °v • 1 E132 ~ • L II." Dar e re are • Your's, most sincerely, htptill e d With many disorders of the generative system (which, when . c i • e rri ni , b , _ the atrove, may be termed subordinate) that arc cot se t en ,g in :?() free and indiscriminate indulgence of the . passitais, s e o . fi tt ,vklat•al,,;nnet debility from excess, in others, tl e relaxing effcct ..t . f . . e. lii,"tell afiti_Tatet and in many, indeed in how man:, tire various in . t._d t i he ~zy,r,tihs. ';‘,-,lhe student, the misanthrope, the gay, the diss ipated, . I i','„ . ty , fr., ! 1 all th ese cases our practice, which embraces evcrya a •Tat . l , e ee i t i i i o.lorr a i N ;:n !he man of rank to him of the humblest sphere, h a s I 1R.. t .!- itta t : ( f. et :a. ll ll; and as secresy belongs to our profession, the most d,,, e SSit s. lildeitt may amly without tear or hesitation.. 4 11 11,,,, e i r ,,_ . ‘,'S a,.d Co. are to be constiffr e t v o .... tt ry (t. ! . t their resi_ r ?A i n be treated a‘ ,.._ 1, 4 , 1 . ~ t CM,' iti.tlT remotest parts of : h s a ,.' ; ',lN ; tii'....e.l. tr ansimlttng their report, At • h.cl e t will be immediately att. IliorThß tr i l' e nillq contain a remittance for Advice and Medicine, de. urci.,..how:vU__ely,the ease, which can be forwarded to any part of the v'Y p 4 0, 7, distant. No difficulty can occur, as the Meuicines will be ed ' and carefully protected from observation. , li'ar " I,„ ` Plib . GOSS and CO: (M It. C. 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OBSERVATIONS on the ADVANTAGES of EMIGRATION to NEW SOUTH WALES, for the information of the Labouring Classes in the United Kingdom ; comprising valuable Extracts from the Minutes of Evidence taken before a Committee of the Council at Sydney ; also the Report of the Chief Justice to his Excellency ; with other authentic and useful information just received from that. Colony. Published by Smith, Elder, and Co., Cornhill ; and sold by all Booksellers, price ss. per dozen, or 355. per hundred for distribu tion for the Benefit of Mechanics and Labourers. PARLIAMENTARY SUMMARY. The LORDS' did not meet yesterday. In the COMMONS', petitions were presented against the Cla rence Railroad, in favour of the Manchester and Leeds Rail way Bill, for a revision of the new Poor Law Act, against the Fishery Bill, against the Newspaper Stamp Duty, &c. &c. There was some conversation on private business, in the course of which it was charged upon certain Members, that in their opposition or support of Railway Bills they were not always quite free from motives of pecuniary interest. Sir S. Whal ley said, " he wished it to be known that there were other Members of that House besides himself who voted on matters in which they themselves were interested. There was one in dividual, whose name it was not necessary to mention, who had voted for a line of way to which he was a subscriber to the amount of 15,0001. In doing so, too, his was the casting voice which decided the question." Mr. P. Scrope moved a series of Resolutions declaratory of the expediency of introducing Poor Laws into Ireland. Afier a short discussion, in the course of which Lord John Russell repeated that he was friendly to the principle of a legal provision for the poor, they were withdrawn. On a division, the second reading of the Irish Poor Rate Bill was carried. Mr. Buckingham brought forward his Bill to provide Walks for the Public. The dis cussion had not proceeded far before it was found that there were only 33 Members then present in the House. The Speaker consequently adjourned the debate till to-day. CORN AVERAGES. GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISH CORN, For the Week ended April 29, :836, made up from the Returns of the Inspectors in the different Cities and Towns in England and Wales, prr Imperial Quarter. Wheat......... 48r. 3d.1 O a ts Barley ......... 325. 8d..1 Rye IMPERIAL AGGREGATE AVERAGES OF THE SIX WEEKS PRECEDING. Wheat ....... 475. sd. Oats ... 21s 12d Beans. ..... Ild 1 Barley 3ls. Si Rye 3os GA, I Pe4se 375. Id. DUTIES ON FOREIGN CORN. ...... 30s. Bd. Ozts Barley lss. 4d. I Rye ...... I 245. 3d. Pease... l4s. Od, THE MARKETS-(THIS DAY). HAY MARKETS.—(At per Load of 36 Trusses.) Coarse heavy Lowland Meadow Ha CUMBERLAND. y £3 10 to £3 15 New Meadow Hay 0 0 0 0 Useful Old Ditto Fine Upland Meadow and Rye-grass Hay. Clover Hay Oat Straw .ti 1 14 to .£1 lfil VVheat Straw --........__ 1 IS 2 0 _ - - SMI I . IIFIELD. Coarse heavy Lowland Meadow Hay .C 3 5 to £3 10 14,nv Meadow Hay Useful Old Ditto Fine Upland Meadow and Rye grass Hay (lover Hay kextra fine .......5 5 Generally - ...... 4 0 5 I. Oat Straw 4l 11 cu £ 1 hi I Wheat Straw 1 18 2 0 11.1/NGEltt , ORD. Coarse Meadow Hay -. £3 10 to £? 15 New Meadow Hay Useful Old Ditto Fine Upland MeArlow and Rye gra, Hay Clover May Old Straw 4l 12 to r 1 I I Nvheat straw COAL AI A 11. s. i. Is . 19 9 17 0 IS 0 Ili 6 19 6 16 0 16 9 I 16 9 KE l.—May 4 Per Ton s. Walls End Bewicke and Co 21 6 Walls End Brown's l7 6 Walls End (lark and Co. li) 6 Walls End Heaton 2l 6 Walls End llilda - 20 6 Walls End liotpur 2) 9 Walls End Killingworth Walls-End Northumberliad 2o '. 6 Walls End Perkins l9 It Walls End llraddyll's '.."2 6 Walls End Haswell %vans End Hetton 22 6 %Valls Ella Lanibton Walls Earl Pemberton Walis End Stewart a Wa'ls End Gordon 2l .1 %Nabs End South Durham 2l 0 %valls End Tees Walls End St. Helen's Tees 2l 3 aft market-day, :I's. Per Ton Adair's Burden Bensham Chester F,lling Main riayWell L,aze's , than Ord s Itedhugh Picton..... , ilso- Ponta', .. indsor :16 6 Itussell's high Main South Pontop South Hartley S'or.noat Mat.' Gat ...111 field 'ownley 9.0 6 ; IS I/ I Nest ff. tley 'owinn 19 ti 18 t; articv Netherton Alain 17 9 1 Ships -laird., since 1, COUNTRY CORN MARKETS DURING THE WEEK. -- W.icat. I - Barley. i Oats. - Beans. Pease. ----- - Per Quarter. sto s. s. to s. s. to B. a. 30 8. 8. t) 8. Abingdon.--- 44 53 30 34 22 30 3S - - And0ver.,.,..,.,...,. 28 36 22 29 '24 21 43 - - - Birmingliam...-...... :a) 48 30 43 16 '2'2 - 33 - - I3ridport ---...... 3-1 51 :12 20 2 11 3: 4 - :39 - - Cireneestzr ....-- 32 1.3 22 27' . 22 26 32 40 - - Faringdoti--..-- fi.i 46 2'; 30 23) 30 - 4il -.- 6 uildlOrd -.......- ai 51 '.,f) 35 21 3)) - 46 - - 14 etiley-...-.-. 4'2 :IS 11l 32 23 '26 '-. 43 ...... - Hereford ....--- 33 - 2'i 34 22 29 - 46 - 40 High wori li --- 42 (5) 32 42 26 34 - 56 - - Maidenhead - •.13 45 26 32 2ii 30 - 5(3 34 41 Moninoutli,...--. 46 44 :12 34 :22 '..9 31 40 - - ttea,ting .. 32 . 50 211 :,1 21 27 33 40 - - Salisbury,.--- ;12 :N 28 31 '2l 2 4'l 46 - - Southiuriptou ...- 4.) 5 . :13 411 2s 32 - 42 Stroud ........-..- 3.1 41 26 36 20 21 _ , 46 -- - Tewkesbury .-- :r7 - 20 - 22 32 - 35 - - Uxbridge --.. 40 48 28 32 17 '..8 - 40 IVdniege -........ ........ ..- 2.1 IS I.e. : . .2 24 30 - 42 :13 40 35 40 Warminster -- 30 40 ..7 L'4 ...2 211 :' , 6 48 - Windsor.-- 311 .1 6 22 - 35 - -_ W..reester .- 33) ~ 3 i 26' 32 '2l) 26 30 44 34 45 CHELTENHAM Al A 1( tiETS. I'cr Bushel. s. 3. to 5..1 i Pet lb. d. tc , Wheat Barley 4 0 461 Motto.. Oats _' 6 3 9 Ve a l Bean, . Beioe tiay ll. 101 t.. 41. 0., i'd iv.r ton _ LEWES Al A It KE 1.- May ,4 Per Quar Cr. Wheat, White .., -- Red Barley LEWES MA 11.KE1.—May 11. -..- s. d. to s. d.' Per Quarter. s cl. t« !! d. 48 0 51 0 Oats 4. o 44 0 Pease 32 0 :33 6 32 0 '4ll 0 Oil take...lli. ,s. Der . 1 housand. • HULL MARKET.— May Wheat, Oil Foreigii Oats, Poland -- r i a e l i l g o n r Feed.... ` 0 2_ : ) ,; ( 4 ) 53. 5 . —s. S. —q ..................... B_arley_, Beans Pea ...• ...• ....... .......... . ............ .. 2 - 3 ' ; 29:: 364. Ms. 404 f0reign......... —s. Rapeseed. in bond none A new bridge across the river Tyne, at Wylam, the completion of which has for some time been anxiously looked for, was formally opened on Monday. LONDON, THUIZSDAY EVENING, MAY 5. 1836. PARLIAMENTARY DIVISIONS. From the Votes and Proceedings of the House of Commons.) TUESDAY, MAY 3. STRANGERS' GALLERY. Resolutions (28th July 1835) from Select Committee, am:oil - Ile: . to consider the bcst means of setting apart and adapting a por tion of the Strangers' Gallery for the admittance of Ladies dur ing the Debates of this House, read—Motion made, and Ques tion put—" That it is the opinion of this House, that the Reso lution of the Select Committee of 1835 on the Ladies' Gallery , be adopted."—The HOUR" divided : MAJORITY—AYES, 132. Aglionby, H. A. A tchdall, Mervyn Dagshaw, John Baldwin, Dr. Bai ing, H. B. atrnard, E. G. . Bateson, Sir'll. Fcaumont, T. W. Berkeley, *F. F. Berkeley, C. Blab, T. Blunt, Sir C. Bowes, T. Bow ring, Dr. Brady, D. C. Bridgman, Hewitt Bremerton, J. Brudenell, Lord Buckingham, J. S. Buller, C. Burden, \V. Butler, Hon. P. Campbell, Sir H. Caylcy, E S. Chapman, M. L Chapman, A. Chetwynd, W Chichester, Arthur Codrington, C. W. Coote, Sir C. Cowper, \V. F. Crawford, \V. S. Dick, Q. Divett, E C. Dondas, J. D. Eaton, Richard J. Eney, Sir J. Etwall, R. Pancourt, C. S. J. Feetor, John Minet Ferguson, Sir It. A, Fergusson, R. C. Forbes, W. French, F. Freshfielcl, J. W. Gaskell, Gaskell, J. M. Gisborne, T. Gore, W. 0. Gorrburn, Serjeant Grote, G. Guest, J. Gully, J. Hale, It. Halford, H. Harland, \V. C. Harvey, D. W. Hay, Sir A. L. Henniker, Lord It indley, Charles Hogg, J. \V. Ilorsman E. Hume, Joseph Hutt, W. Jackson, J. D. Jones, Wilson Kemp, 'l'. Knightley, Sir C. Law, Hon. G. Lawson, A. Lister, E. C. Lowthkr, J. H. Maclean, D. Manners, Lord C. Molesworth, Sir W. Mullins, F. W. Musgrave, Sir R. Nagle, -ir It O'Brien, \V. Smith O'Co - nrell, D. O'Conneil, J. O'Connell, M. J. O'Connell, Morgan O'Connor Don Oliphant, L. Parrott, J. Parry, Sir Jones l'ease, Joseph Pechell, Captain Perceval, Colonel Pinney, W. 1 Plumptre, J. P. Plunkett, R. Polhill, F. Potter, It. Poultir, J. S. Power, J. Price, S. S G. Prynae, U. Richards, J. ) Robinson, G. R.', Roche, D. Roebuck, J. A. Ruthreu E. Scliolefield, J. Scott, Sir E. .. Scourtiehl, W. IV Sibthorp, Colonel Smith, B. Smyth, Sir H. Strickland, Sir G. Stuart, Lord Dudley Surrey, Elrl of Talbot, Talfou'rd, T.N. Tennent, J. E. Thomas, Celoncl Thompson, Coloucl Trevor, Hon. A. Tulk, C. A. • Twiss, Horace Vivian, C. C. Wikley, Thomas Wason, It. Whalley, Sir S. White, S. Wilkins, %V. . - William., W. Williams, W. A. Williams'on, Sir H. Wood, Alderman Young, Sir W. L. TF.LLERS. Berkoley, Hon. G. Forester, Hon. C. Baillie, H. D. Baines, E. Balfour, T. Baring, F. Baring, T. Barry, G. S. Bentinck, Lord W. Bettiell, R. Bolling, W. Bonham, F. R. Brainston, T. W. Buller, Sir J. B. Cavendish, C. Cavendish, G. H. Chalmers, P. Chandos, Marquis of Chaplin, T. Childers, J. W. Churchill, Lord C. Clerk, Sir G. Clive, R. H. Colborne ' Ridley Conolly, Colonel Crawley, S. Curteis, E. B. Dillwyn ' L. W. East, J . Buller Eastnor, Viscount Egerton, Lord F. Ellice, Rt. Hon. E. Evans, G. Fort, John Goulburn, H. :NORITY—NOES, Grimston, Viscount Halle, James Hastie, A. Heathcoat, J. Hill, Sir Rowland Hodges, T. L. Hope, Hon. J. Hotham, Lord Howie It, Lord Ingham, h obert Inglis, Sir R. H. Kearsley, J. H. King, E.B. Knatchbull, Sir E. Lefevre, C. S. Lefroy, Dr. T. Lennox, Lord G. Lincoln, Earl of Mackinnon, W. A. M'Leod, M. Manners, Lord C. Marjoribanks, S. Marsland. T. Maule, Hon. Fox Morgan, C. M. R. North, F. O'Ferrall, More Palmer, General Parker, M. E. N. Pendarves, E. W. Pigot, Robert Rickford, W. Rooper, J. B. Russell, Lord C. J. F. Russel!, Lout John Russell, Charles Ryle, John Sharpe, General Sheldon, E. R. C. Smith. Vernon Somerset, Lord E Spiers, Alexander, Steuart, R. St rutt, Edward Stuart, Lord James Stunt, H. C. Trelawney, Sir W. Trevor, Hon. G. R. Turner, W. Vere, Sir C. B. Vesey, Hon. T. Vivian, J. H. Walker, R. Wallace, R. Walpole, Lord Walter, J. Warburton, H. Weyland, Major Wood, C. Wood, Colonel T. Wynn, C. W. Young, J. TELLRES. Villiers, Charles Methuen, P. LIEUT.-COLONEL LORD BRUDENELL. Motion made, and Question proposed—" That a Select Committee be appointed, to inquire into the conduct of the Commander-in- Chief of the Forces, in appointing Lieutenant-Colonel Lord Brudenell to the Second Lieutenant-Colonelcy of the 11th Light Dragoons "—(Sir William Molesworth)—Lord Brudenell was heard in his place ; and then he withdrew—Question put—The House divided : Aglionby, H. A. Attwood, Baring, F. Barnard, E. G. Bish, T. Bowring, Dr. Brady, Denis C. Bridgeman, Hewitt Broeklehurst, J. Protherton, J. Buller, C. Crawford, W. S. Divett, E. Dundas, J. C. Ewart, W. Adam, Admirtl Sir C. Agnew, Sir A. Alford, Lord Atsagcr, Richard Alton, R. Angerstein, John Arbuthnot, Hon. H. Archdall, General Ashley, Lord At t wood, M. L'agot, lion. W. Baillie, H. D. Baldwin, Dr. Balfour, T. Barclay, David Barclay, C. Baring, F. T. Baring, H. B. Baring, W. B. Baring, T. Barry, G. S. Bateson, Sir R. Becket, Sir John Bell, M. Bentinck, Lord G. Beresford, Sir J. Berkeley, F. Berkeley, Granville Berkeley, C. F. Bernal, It. Bethel', It Blackburn, John I. Blackstone, W. S. Boldero, Henry G. Bolling, W. Bonham, Francis R. Bradshaw, James Bram,ton T. \V. Bruce, ard E. Bruce, C. L. C. Bruen, Colonel H. Bruen, F. Bulwcr, E. G. E. L Burrell, Sir C. M. Butler, Hon P. S. Byng, George Byng, Hon. G. Calcraft, J. H. Campbell, Sir 11. Canning, Sir S. Castlereagh, Viact. Cayley, E. S. Chalmers, Patrick Chandos, Marquis of Chaplin, T. Chapman, A. Chichester, A. ( bilders, J. W. Churchill, Lord C. S. CI yton, Sir W. Clive, E. B. Clive, Robert Codrington, C. W. Colborne; N. W. li. ' Cole; Lord Compton H. C. Conelly, Conyngtiam, Lord A. Coote, Sir C. Corbett, T. G. Cowper, Hon. W. F. Crawley, S. Cripps, J. urteis, E. B. D'A 'bin, Sir C. Dalineny, Lord Darlington, Elul of Dillwyti, L. Vl , . Donkin, Sir R. Dowdeswell. \V. E. Dugdale, W. S. Dunbar, George Duncombe, 'l% S. Duncombe. A. Dundas, T. Duiukv, J. D. East, James Buller l'...astnor. Viscount Eaton, It. J. Egerton, W. T. Egerton, Sir P. Egerton, 1. , :.rd Fran. • Elley, Sir J. Ellice, E. Elwes, J. P. Estcoutt, T. G. B. EAcourt, T. S. B. Fancourr, Major Fector, John Minet Feilden, W. Ferguson, Sir R. A. Ferguson, G. Fergusson, It. C. Finch, G. I itzroy, Lord C. Fleming. J. Foley, E. T. .JORITY--NOES, Fo".kes, Sit W. Forbes, W. Forester, Hen. C. Forster, C. tort : John Fremantle, Sir 'l'. Freshfield, J. W. Gasket!, J. M. - (~Ge ary, - Sir W. Lisburne, I'. Gladstone, P. Gladstone, W. Glynne, Sir S. Goodricke, P. L. H. Gordon, R. Gordon, Hon. W. Gore, W. 0. Goulburn, H ()Oldham, Mr. Serjt. Graham, Sir J. R. (1. Grant, F. W. Greisley, Sir R. Grey, sir G. Granston, Lord Hale, Robert B. Haltbre, H. Halse, J. _Hamilton, Lord C. Hardinge, Sir H. Harland,. %v. Harvey, 1). W. Hastie, A. Hawes, B. Hawkes, T. Hawkins, .1. 11. Hay, Sir J. Hay, Sir A. L. Hayes, Sir E. Heathcote, G J. Heneage, G. E. Henniker, Lord Hill, lord Arthur Hill, Sir R. Hothouse, Sir J. C. Hodges, P. L. Hogg, .1. W. Hope, Hon J. Hope, H. I. Hotham, lord Houltisworth, T. Howard, It. Howard, E. Howard, P. 11. Howick, Lord tioy, J. 13. Hurst, It. H. Hntt, W. Ingham, Robert Inglis, Sir It. H. Jackson, Serje..iit Jones, Wilson Jones, T. • Johnstone, J.. 1. H. Keathley, J. It Kerrison, Sir E. Knatchbull, Sir E. Knight, H. G. Knightley, Sir C. Knox, Hon. J. Labouchere, 11. I.aw, Hon C. Lawson, A. Lee, J. L. Lefroy, A. Lefroy, Dr. Leitnox, Lora G. Lewis D. Lincoln, Earl of Loch, J. Lopez, Sir R. Lowther, H. C. Lowther, J. 11. Lucas, E. Lushiagron, S. R Lygon, Colonel Mackinnon, W. A. Maclean, 1). M`Leod, It. Mangles, J. Marine's, Lsrtl C. Marjorib..liks, S. Marsland, Martin, J. Maule, Hon. Fox Arlaunsell, T. P. Methuen, I'. Meynell, IL Miles, W. Miles, I'. J. Mordautt, Sir J. Morpeth, k istotint Mosle% ' Sir 0. Neeld, Joseph icholl, J Norreys, Lord O'Connor Don Oliphant ' 1,. Packc, C. W. VT MEMBERS posed the second read rdens for the people; rughes, the House was Bills on the orders of liged to be deferred to LIST OF THE THIRTY-EIG. Who were in the House when Mr. Tooke opi ing of the Bill for Public Walks and Gar and when on the motion of Mr. Hughes counted out, there being then 23 public the day, all of which were by this step obl some future day. Aglionhy, H. A. Agnew, Sir A. Baines, E. Barnard, E. G. Bowring, Dr. Bowes, .1. Brotherton, J. Buckingham, J. S. Hindley, C. Ilughes, H. Knight, H. G. Law, Hon. C. Lushington, C. Roche. I). Roebuck, .1. A. Ruthven, Scholetield, J. Strutt, E. Thompson, T. P. Thornely. 'l'. Villiers, C. P. Wakley, Thomas Wallace, R. Warburton, H. Wilbraham, G. TELLERS. Mol sworth, Sir W. Hume, Joseph Paget. r. Palmer, General Palmer, R. Palmer: ton, Lord Parker, M. Parker, J. Parnell, Sir H. Parrott, J. Parry, Sir I P. J. Patten, Wilson Nei, Sir It Peel, W. Y. Pemberton, T. Perceval, Ctlonel Pigot, Pinney, W. Plum ptre, Plunkett, Hon R. E. I'owell, .1. Praed, W. M. Price, Samuel Greve Pringle, A. Pusey, P. Rae, Sir W. Reid, Sir J. R. Rice, T. S.l Richards, John Rickford, W. Itirlk..y, Sir M. W. Rolfe, Sir R. it. Rooper, J. Bonfoy Ras:, C. Rushbrooke, Colonel Russell, Lord John Russell, Lord Charle Ryle, J. Sanderson, R. Scarlert, Hon. It. Scott, Sir E Scott, .1. W. Scourtield, W. 11. sey Lord Sharpe, General Shaw, F. Sheldon, E. Sheppard, 'l' Sibthorp, Colonel Sinclair, Sir G. Smith, J. A. Smith, R. Smith, H. Vernon Smyth, Sir O. Somerset, Lord E. Soinersa, Lord G. Speirs, A. Stanley, F.. J. Stanley, E. Stanley, Lord Steuart, It. Stewart, Sir H. S. Stormont,tViseount Stuart, lord .1. Stuart, Villiers.' Sturt, H. - C: Surrey, Earl of Talf..urd, 'l'. Noon Tancred, 11. W. Thomas, Colonel Thompson, Ald. Thomson, C. P. Townley, R. G. 'l'rclawney, Sir W. Trevor, A. Trevor, Hon. G. R. Troubridge, Sir T. Tulk, C. A. Twiss Horace Tyrrell, Sir J. Vere, Sir C. B. Verner, Colonel Vesev, Hon. Thomas Vivian, Major C. Vivian, John Ennis Wall, B. Walpole, Lord Writer, Wason, It. Welhy, G. E. Wensyrs, Capt. Westenra, Hon. It. Wevland, Major R. W , gliey, I. N. Wilbraham, R. Williams, I'. Williams, W. A. 'Williamson, Sir H. Wilson, Henry W o dehouse, Hon. L. Wood, C. Wood, Colonel T. Wortley, Hon. J. S. Wynn, Young, S Uj i .g r hi' N 't. V ll . 'I7C. TELLERS. Clerk, Sir G. Corry, H. L. Morpoth, 'Viscount Marland, H. I'ease, J. Pectic , ll, Captain Potter, B. Poultcr, J. Pryma, G. Pend 'ryes, E. Parry, Sir L. J. Rundle, J. Scholetield, J. Stanley, E. J. Stuart, J. Thompson, T. P. Thorne.ev, 'Mauna Tooke, William Tulk, Charles A. Vere, Sir C. 8.1 Wakley, Thomas W9dehouse, E. Wood, Alderman Wilmot, Sir E. Wagon, Rigby Wyse, Thomas The Duke of Wellington Yesterday signed an order for the admission of the carriages of his Royal Highness the Prince of Orange within the gates of the Tower, his Highness being expected to land at the lower stairs, from Rotterdam. The Batavicr steamer, on her voyage to Holland, to bring over the Prince, was obliged to run for Margate Roads, 'in conse quence of the violence of the gale on Monday. SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. The evident object of the motion of Sir 'William .3folesworth was not so much to impugn the appoint ment of Lord Brudenell to the Lieutenant-Colonelcy of the 1 lth,Dragoons, as to draw attention to the ir responsibility of the head of the army. That Lord Brudenell was punished, and severely punished, was admitted by the Hon. Baronet : that the sentence of the Court-martial might have been unwarranted, was also admitted ; but the circumstances connected with the case were such as ,to justify a call for explanation ; and for want of-a Minister responsible for the army the explanation could not he obtained. " There ought," said Sir William, " to be some person con nected with the Government in this House who should be held responsible for the administration of the army; but there is no one. I asked a question some time ago with reference to an appointment in the army, the propriety of which seemed to me questionable —I demanded an official answer. The Secre tary at War told me that he was not respon sible, and the Leader of thp House of Commons informed me that the Ministers of the Crown were not responsible for the individual acts, but only responsible for the general conduct, of the Commander-in-chief." From this anomalous state of the department of the army, the defence of the parti cular act of appointment of Lord Brudenell, when the subject was first stated by Sir William Molesworth, was.:,lndertaken by Sir Henry Hardinge. "My Right Hon. and Gallant Friend the Member for Launceston,' said Sir William, " was the only person who seemed desirous to take the responsibility for this act of the Commander-in-chief upon himself; but I hardly sup pose his Majesty's Ministers would consent that he should be considered the official organ of the Com mander-in-chief in • this House, how eminently soever my Right Hon. Friend may be qualified for that task." The defence of Lord Brudenell was favourably received by the House, and fault was found by several Members, including Mr. O'Connell, with the sentence of the Court-martial. It was contended, too, that the Noble Lord, by the fact of his having been placed on half-pay, was not excluded from such an appointment as that which he has obtained. Still the question which was put by Sir William Molesworth recurs, " Whether it be proper to confide so important a trust as the command of a regiment to one whose conduct in a similar command was so solemnly de cided to have been most reprehensible, most dangerous to the discipline of his corps, and most injurious to his Majesty's service." It may be true, as Lord George Lennox stated, that though Lord Brudenell had never been taken out of his own regiment, and jobbed over the heads of older officers in another, but, that at every step he had gained he was the senior by purchase, still Lord Brudenell only entered the army in 1824, and obtained an unattached Licute nani-Colonelev in 1830, and in 1832 the com mand of a regiment; and some of the officers of the gallant regiment of which he is now Lieute nant-Colonel, \ave been ne ar ly as many years i n the service as "\ ., e has lived years in the world, and the two 11';',1rs have served with the regi ment since 1806 and 1811 ; and there is, there fore, but too much reason to fear that, as was observed by the Honourable Baronet, " a painful belief cannot fail to be produced in the minds of all connected with the British army, that pro vided an officer possess wealth and influence, it matters not what his past conduct may have been —it matters not what the solemn decision of a Court-martial may have been against him—neither that conduct nor that decision will be a bar to his fu ture promotion, nor an impediment to his advance ment, over the heads of veterans, to the command of those whose conduct has ever been irreproachable." We cannot say that we think Sir Henry Hardinge succeeded in fully justifying the conduct of the Com tnander-in-chief in this case. If, as the Gallant Officer contended, the Commander-in-chief did not agree with the course of the Court-martial, nor concur in the conclusion at which they had arrived, he ought to have done more than declare, "it would appear upon an attentive perusal of the whole proceedings that some parts of the, evidence might bear a con struction less unfavourable to the prosecutor than that which the Court have thought it their duty to place upon them." In fact, Lord Brudenell has just reason to complain of the Commander in-chief in placing him wrongfully and against his conviction in a position from which his sub sequent appointment cannot fully extricate him. But as we have said, the main question, as far as the public is concerned, is the irresponsibility of the heads of the different branches of the army. Lord Howick evidently felt the embarrassment of his position. He alleged that the Commander-in-Chief was responsible for individual acts connected with the management and control of the army ; and that Minis ters were responsible for continuing the Commander in-Chief in his office. But this is a very lob-sided responsibility. There is no person in Parliament who can supply the two Houses with information connected with the conduct of the Commander-in-Chief; and we have seen the inconvenience which has resulted from this anomalous state of things. Mr. Ellice showed, in an unanswerable manner, that the greatest inconve nience resulted from not placing a responsible person at the head of the army as well as at the head of other departments of the State. Mr. Ellice was peculiarly qualified to speak on this subject from his official expe rience in the department now ' filled by Lord. Howick. 'Why should the repreSentatives of the nation be sub jected to the difficulties in obtaining information which Sir William Molesworth has experienced in this case ? Sir William has been obliged, against his will, to put himself forward in some sort as an ac cuser, from inability to obtain in any other man ner information with respect to the conduct of the .Commander-in-Chief. Lord Howick suggested that those who found fault-with the present system ought to bring it specifically under the consideration of the House. We trust the challenge will be accepted. Lord Hill may be all that can be desired in a Com mander-in-Chief, but Lord Hill is not responsible to the country ; and no Minister seems responsible for his Lordship. But, as was observed by Mr. Ellice, the irresponsibility is not confined to Lord Hill. The heads of the numerous branches of the army are all ir responsible. Their departments seem to be carefully separated from the responsible part of the Govern ment. We have already said that there was a strong feeling in the House in favour of Lord Brudenell; and there was no disposition in any quarter to press severely on him. But a most unfair advantage was taken of this feeling. On the question being put on Sir W. Molesworth's motion, the Hon. Baronet expressed his disposition to withdraw it, but, on the Speaker saying The Noes have it," Mr. Cecil Forester said, " The Ayes have it," which forced a division against the inclinati on of th o se gentle men wh o had brought forward the question ; and on notice being taken that Mr. Forester had voted with the Noes, though the division had been taken on his saying " The Ayes have it," the Speaker expressed his feelings in strong terms of the impropriety of such a course, as being calculated to violate the decorum and propriety of the proceedings of the House. We believe in former instances of similar conduct the Speakers have always named the gentlemen so con ducting themselves as tellers, or forced them to vote on the side for which they tly e dared themselves for the sake of forcing a division, though against their own opinions. We notice this as it seems to be part of the course of proceedings adopted by certain gentle men of this stamp, who are alone distinguished by senseless vociferations and contemptuous violation of the decorum of the House, and particularly as this conduct is generally pursued by those young gentle• men of fa s hi on w h o are i n t h e habit of sneering at the r NORITY-AYES 42. :Gillon, W. D. Grote, G Hector, C. J. Jervis, J. King, E. B. Leader, J. Marshall, W. Marslantl, H. O'Brien, C. O'Connell, D. O'Connell, J. O'Connell, M. J. O'Connell, Morgan Phillips, Mark Pryme, G. PRICE 7D. business-like habits and plebeian vulgarity of the real representatives of the people.=Morning Chronicle. The Chancellor of the Exchequer hardly needed to have taken so much pains on Tuesday night to repel the accusation brought against him by the Times, Herald, Post, and S'andard, that in limiting News papers to a single she e t o f t h e di mens i ons o f t h e largest Morning 'Paper published in London, he was actuated by a wish to favour the Morning Chronicle at the experfse of its rivals. They must know little of the public men of this country who could for a mo ment suppose that any Chancellor of the Exchequer, putting honour and honesty out of the question, would expose himself to odium and obloquy, not for the sake of personal advantage, but merely to favour a News paper which, on principle, supports the policy of his party. We certainly have never sought for any favour from the Right Hon. Gentleman, and we ask no more from him than the justice to which we ate entitled. The Times, in reference to the statement of the Chan cellor of the Exchequer, that he had been in commu nication with those who represented the petitioners, and that the arrangements had beets made with their privity, not only denies that it had ever been in communication with the Right Hon. Gentle man, but conveys something like an insinuation that we had influenced him in his arrangements. The only canniumications which the proprietors of this paper ever had with the Chancellor of the Exche quer, and that only incidentally, were confined to sug gestions as to the justice of preserving the copyright of aviginal articles and intellig=ence to those who pro cured the same at a considerable expense, against those who were in the habit of pirating them ; and the expediency of requiring newspapers to furnish each its own (lie to the Stamp-office, in the same manner as is done by the proprietors of patent medicines, so as to prevent the fraud on advertisers that is said to be committed by some papers, which, in order to attract advertisements, by creating an impression that their circulation is greater than it actually is, purchase more stamps than are required for their own use, and re-sell them to obscure journals. Our readers can scarcely have forgotten that some of these petitioning papers dared to insinuate, on the publication of the last return of the Newspaper Stamps, that such a practice was im putable to the Morning Chronicle. This insinuation at the time was indignantly repelled. Without any an ticipation of the discussion arising on this petition, we had availed ourselves of the opportunity of suggest ing to the Chancellor of the Exchequer a regula tion, by means of which any such fraud would be rendered impossible. This has been our course in the affair. Let chose who oppose the regulation of each paper having its own die state their reasons for so doing, and let the people judge betwixt the parties, of whom one points out the means to prevent the possibi lity of a particular fraud, and the other under the pre tence of preventing an inquisitorial inspection of the trade of individuals, attempts, in fact, to leave an opening for the practice of that very fraud. On Fri day a return was ordered of the stamps issued each month, from the period of the former return to the end of April last, to each of the London Newspapers, which will show the increase in the circulation of the Chronicle, and, as its proprietors know that they have consumed all the stamps issued to them, they con ceive themselves entitled to that security against the frauds of others which a separate die to each paper can alone give. All the favour they desire from the 'Chancellor of the Exchequer is that he will not suffer some of those who now hold their heads rather higher than they ought, to prevail with him to refuse to them the protection which they conceive themselves entitled to demand. They cannot suppose the Chancellor of the Exchequer will hesitate to do them this justice ; but if he should be so ill advised as to leave the public and them selves without protection, they hope the House of Commons will not sanction the injustice. Private in terest ought in all cases to give way to the public good ; and the proprietors of the Chronicle have never in one instance advanced any claim which was not justifiable on public grounds. The proprietors of this Journal have attended no meetings for arrangements with the Chancellor of the Exchequer. They received, it is true, various communications, professing to come from the proprietors of all the London Stamped Press," inviting them to attend meetings on the sub ject of the proposed changes ; but they attended none. They confined themselves to suggestions on the two points of copyright and a separate stamp. With re spect to copyright, there can be no reason why the proprietors of Newspapers should not receive protec tion for what has been created by the capital expended by them. To use the words of .the petition of the Times and other Morning Papers, Government ought to provide " an equitable copyright protection to the capital and literary labours profusely expended by the daily Journalists in the constant acquisition and pre paration of new matter to meet the wants of the com munity." In the Morning Herald of yesterday we find this subject handled with much ability and good sense, in an article in which the same justice is not done to us which we are happy to ha‘.e this opportu nity of doing to our Contemporary, by acknowledg ing our obligations to it for the following excellent observations " It was always understood, and more than once inti mated, in allusions to the subject in Parliament and else where, that if ever a reduction of Newspaper Stamps took place, the copyright of original articles in Newspapers should be secured by some precise and efficient legal protection. We are aware that the words equitable copyright pro tection,' which nem in the passage that we have above quoted, might be taken as implying that ther e is no copyright in newspaper articles at Ares.. —..t. Yet we hold that there is a common law copyright in all literary compositions both before and after publication, as was docisled by the Judges in the case of Miller v. Taylor, which was an appeal to the House of Lords, and confirmed by subsequent decisions. In a technical sense this right may be called an 'equitable copyright,' because courts of equity might enforce it by in junction even where the statutory conditions prescribed by the Copyright Act are not complied with., Newspapers are not, indeed, in the habit of availing themselves of such copyright protection, either at law or 'in equity, against those who pirate their original articles, because the re medy is both too slow and too expensive to answer any practical purpose. What the petitioners pray for is, an adequate protection against the piratical invasion of their property by unprincipled adventurers, who, ualess some more speedy and efficient remedy be given, may seize upon all the original intelligence of respectable journals on the moment of its first publication, and, being at no expense in procuring it, may issue a cheap edition to the public early enough to injure the sale of the rightful owners of such literary property, who must, consequently, cease to go to the expense which they now do to procure the public early and important intelligence, especially from foreign countries, or submit to publish at a loss, and to be plun dered with impunity." " What, then, do the petitioners mean by asking an equi table copyright protection ? Simply that the copyright which they now have, but which it would be worse than use less to attempt to defend by actions at law or by suits in equity, may be secured by a stututory provision, capable of being so speedily enforced as may make it adequate to the exigency qf the case. For this purpose the remedy against the piracy of the contents of a morning paper should be a penalty, to be enforced by conviction before a ma gistrate, and should cover such a portion of the day as would make it an efficient protection against all other jour nals published /Jr:Pre the usual time of the evening papers. This is the protection which the petitioners pray for, and to which, in reason and justice, they are entitled." Again, we repeat, we claim only justice and no favour from the Chancellor of the Exchequer. But we trust he will not abstain from doing us justice, lest inte rested persons should impute to him partiality to t h ose who support his political principles.—Morning Chronicle. The public is alreadyaware than an immense change is contemplated in the Stamp Duties of the kingdom. The word " change," as applied to a tax or impost by the Finance Minister, we fear can only be considered as synonymous with increase. The purpose, however, of this separate article is not to touch upon the subject ut upon one raiim# of 11, which we Cain k may, will be found, if carried into effecfi isa be of a very op pressive character to the public. 'l'!w ;natter will be best understood by the perusal of a table, Accompanied with observation s , contained in this clay's jotirna! ; !roar both of which it will appear that one clasp' co: his t N io l tb a l je t s .,l ty's subje c t s ( an d t h roug h t h em a ll t h e res t. sio will stiffer most grievously by the premediteted change or inctswie of the Stamp Duties. It is known that the law stationers of the metropelis first receive the stamps. at the office, and then send them forth and distribute them throughout the realm. On the first pur chase of the stamps made by the law stationers, a diseeamt of one and a half per cent. is allowed for immediate pe went, and as a stamp of a fixed value now covers man; species of transactions, there is nu necc,ssity for airy large stock on hand. The law stationer inns increase , : his first receipt of stamps by his present means. But ' under the proposed arrangement the duties will not he equally progressive, as they have been in certain kinds of transactions; stamps for each, therefore, most ire taken out in cases where one would have served for many, as the lew statimpers and their stock suspendedstocikin indefinitely increased, or the transaction:' of the public whilst the discount on pronipt y •syment is to be greatly diminished. These and similar herdships on the law stationers are ably explained in the observations to which we refer our readers. But what, we ask, will he the effect on the public ? And, in answering this question, we wish it to be observed that we do not now say a word against the increase of the etainn duty—we shall leave that point to future considers *ion—but we do deprecate most sincerely the complication and the consequent perplexity of the proposed change. If there be one thing which puzzles plain -veil-meaning men more than another in the ordinary u7tsiness of life, it is the knowing what stamps arc to be affixed to certain transactions : the contracting parties are almost universally left to the mercy of the stan7l)- dealer ; and we ourselves have known more than onto instance in which it has been attempted to set aside an agreement or vitiate a contract in consequence of a wrong stamp being affixed; yet will this " confusion" be infinitely " worse confounded" by the new scheme. The objections, however, do not rest here; other parts of the Bill impose iieb;lities of the- trieet oppressive Has tore, as will be 'seen ov tie from a pamphlet published for circulation amongst the iJembers of the House of Commoas, which will be found in another column. While we are upon the subject of stamps, we must say that we care not a farthing for what the Chancellor of the Exchequer can do to us; .but we cannot help remarking upon the perverse follies of his system as affects the country. He is throwing away some stamp duties, and aggravating others—but how? and upon what principle? Why, he is sacrificing revenue for the sake of popularity among those who already reject his offer with scorn ; whilst upon the transactions in which men of merit and men of business and honourable citizens only can be engaged, he is increasing and complicating the stamp duties. If the present Government were really anxious to do good— if the present House of Commons would look at the subject with the eye of common sense, would they be troubling themselves with the remission of stamp duties, whilst the tax on soap continued ? Cleanli ness is health : and health is the essential ingredient both of individual and of a nation's happiness. Next to bread, soap is the poor man's necessary of life. We would beg to ask those who are now militig for the better observance of the Sabbath, whether they do not think a clean shirt and stockings at least as indispen sable distinctions to the labourer and artisan of that sacred day, as a dirty sheet containing 1,530 inches of obscenity, sedition, and blasphemy ?—Times. With deep regret we have observed all along the proceedings carried on by a large body of English clergymen, holding (some of them) high and impor tant stations in it, against one of their reverend bre thren. With great pain do we now remark that the spirit in which such proceedings originated has not lost any of its bitterness with time—that Dr. Hamp den is pursued with unremitting and indefatigable— zeal, we will call it, from a repugnance to the use of any less respectful term—that the efforts to mark out and degrade him arc at this moment revived with more seeming decision and pertinacity of purpose than at any period since the first moment of his nomination to the Regius Professorship of Divinity—and that the declaration of opinion which is just about, as report say.:;, to issue from the public assembly of divines at Oxford, aims at operating with fatal influence agains the usual discharge of the elevated and sacred func tions boloneing to his office. It is a subject im possible to be dwelt upon with satisfaction by any enlightened friend of the Church, or at such a sea son as this, to be glanced at without apprehen sioa. When the edifice of the Church of England is threatened from without and treated as an object of in veterate obloquy, is it a fit mo men t f or i nterna l dis cord among its Ministers, and for exposing to eager and irreverend ridicule that which is already shaken to its foundations by the foreign assailants ? We fully admit the indiscretion manifested in the choice of Dr. Hamden for his conspicuous office. If, besides the confidence of the King's Ministers in the purity of his character, the force of his abilities, and the sound ness of his religious doctrine's, they considered the leaning towards Whig principles in his politics as an ad ditional recommendation to his Majesty's favour, it would be unfair to censure them for such a preference Mieisters have done the same. But if Lord Melhourne had reason to believe that there existed against Dr. Hampden so strong a sentim e nt o f dis approval, and that so passionate an expression of it would be called into play by his appointment as R,e gins Professor, on the part of the great majority of the Clergy, we cannot acquit his Lordship of great impru dence and of indifference to the peace of the Church of England, in lending himself to such a nomination. IVe nevertheless deprecate every symptom of a fac tion ; and, above all, a persecuting spirit, in the con duct of del gvinen of the Protestant Established Church. It is cruel to the interests of religious free dom, of which that Church ought to he, and in the mein, we trust, will always be, the sanctuary, that any couatenance should be given to rtunon:.-i c!iar:;ring time pretlinnineit party at Oeford with enmity to D.-. annpden, not because of his imput-d heterodoxy, but for the sake of his bias toward; Whiggery ; as if all clergymen were bound.to be of one faith in politics as well as in religion. While it is yet time, we would hainhly and affectionately implore the members of eon• vocation to reconsider the entire sub:ect—to divert tlieir minds from all political pr..;:osse:ision—to atijudi clte a religious quest ion upon sz:ft.:iv ivli,;ions grounds —and to rememeer what inestimable, though collateral, interests are staked 01)00 this single issue.—Times. The following article upon'' T Andrew ,Agnew's Bill was read, for insertion yestcrlay, but want of space •.rovented its publication `• Oh I fur a forty-parson power To chaint thy praiie—Hyporriey air Andrew k;new's Bill of absurdities, miscalled a Bill to promote the Observance of the Lord's Day, has been ordered to be printed by the House of Com mons. This will serve one putpose, and only one that we are aware of, and that i,, it will serve as a record of the ridiculous folly which otherwise might be doubted by posterity, of some members called to legislate for the thitish empire in the so-called enlightened nine teenth century. In fact, if this Bill were by any chance to become law, we consider that the only way by which its penalties could be avoided would be to lie in bed and fast all thy ; for its preamble enumerates such a variety of acts which involves violation of its provisions, that it would be almost impossible to stir, move, eat, or drink, without incurring a forfeiture. It should therefor,: be properly entitled a Bill to promote and fasting on the. Sabbath. Let the follow in:, II:, taken as a specimen of the wise and considerate provisions of the Bill : house used o r li cense d f or gen:eut of who sh a ll " And be it further enacted, t : l i i iinl l t t nn ) r ea , enry k . e hiol e o p ut e cee r l , : or ri p e e e r' - s h o o n u , s i e l , a‘ e l l ' if b ' -i t i l o w ti se c : r t e a ve O o r r r n (oak s - a s l i e lo t p )i . ' l. l :3 s • e' ret il or otherwise, permit any liquor or provisions to be drunk or consunted in or upon, or to be remmed from his or her premises during the Lord's day , a n d every person who s : ta li b e pr ese nt on g the Lord's day at any news - yenta ti o il ri ss lub-raum, shall forfeit saah s lg a s m fo n r ot o !e e s fi s r t s h t a o n e t e le:t ; y than forty shilling;, nor more than three pounds for the second cameo ; and not le.s than three pounds, nor more than five pounds for every